News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu     www.selu.edu/news Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 9/23/03 PHI KAPPA PHI HOSTS SECOND HOMECOMING COLLEGE QUIZ BOWL       HAMMOND -- What Southeastern Louisiana University Homecoming event includes rapid-fire questions; friendly, intense competition, laughter and brain power? It’s Phi Kappa Phi’s Homecoming Intramural Quiz Bowl Tournament, a new campus tradition.       The university’s chapter of the national honor society initiated the Quiz Bowl last year as a fun way to incorporate academics into Homecoming activities. “We wanted to provide ‘another kind of athletic competition,’” said Phi Kappa Phi member Joan Faust of the Southeastern English faculty.       The Quiz Bowl, which is open to students, faculty, staff, and alumni, is scheduled for 2-6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 14, in the Student Union Theater.       Southeastern will celebrate Homecoming Week October 13-18 with a host of activities for both the campus and community, including a kick-off pep rally, golf tournament, bonfire, alumni awards evening, reunions, college open houses, parade and the 4 p.m., Oct. 18 Southeastern-Webber International football game.       Faust said Quiz Bowl teams can represent student or faculty organizations, honor societies, colleges, or departments. “Anyone can gather together a team of four players and one alternate for the competition,” she said.        This year, the double-elimination tournament will separate faculty/staff and student teams until the final playoff match, which will pit the top faculty/staff team against the top student team, Faust said.       The honor society will offer cash prizes of $100 for the top faculty/staff and student teams and $50 for the two second-place teams.         Registration forms and instructions are available from Faust, jfaust@selu.edu or 985-549- 5764. A $25 registration fee is required from all teams, and the deadline for registration is Tuesday, Oct. 7.       Faust said a recommended practice session is offered from 2-4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 13, to familiarize teams with the equipment and scoring.       Last year’s tournament was funded by a $2,400 Promotion of Excellence grant from the Phi Kappa Phi national organization. The grant was one of only seven issued by the national honor society in the organization's 2002 funding period.        Faust said the “Gramminators,” a team sponsored by the English Department, is eager to defend its title as winner of the first tournament.       The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, founded in 1896, is one of the oldest and most prestigious honor societies in America and has almost 300 chapters in the United States and the Philippines. The Southeastern chapter was founded in 1956. Student members are invited from the top 10 percent of the senior class and the top seven and a half percent of the junior class. In addition, outstanding faculty, staff, and alumni may be invited each year. Return to News Releases